Mobile wireless communications device providing enhanced file transfer management features and related methods

ABSTRACT

A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a controller carried by the portable housing and coupled to the at least one wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to operate a plurality of different mobile device applications for processing different electronic file types and generating download electronic file transfer requests and upload electronic file transfer requests, download requested electronic files for the plurality of different device applications via the at least one wireless transceiver using a common file transfer application responsive to the download electronic file transfer requests, and upload requested electronic files for the plurality of different device applications via the at least one wireless transceiver using the common file transfer application responsive to the upload electronic file transfer requests.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is based upon prior filed provisional application Ser.No. 61/327,924 filed Apr. 26, 2010; the disclosures of which areincorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of wirelesscommunications systems, and, more particularly, to mobile wirelesscommunications devices and related methods.

BACKGROUND

Mobile wireless communications systems continue to grow in popularityand have become an integral part of both personal and businesscommunications. For example, cellular telephones allow users to placeand receive voice calls most anywhere they travel. Moreover, as cellulartelephone technology has increased, so too has the functionality ofcellular devices and the different types of devices available to users.For example, many cellular devices now incorporate personal digitalassistant (PDA) features such as calendars, address books, task lists,etc. Moreover, such multi-function devices may also allow users towirelessly send and receive electronic mail (email) messages and accessthe Internet via a cellular network and/or a wireless local area network(WLAN), for example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is schematic block diagram of a communications system including amobile wireless communications device in accordance with an exemplaryembodiment.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are flow diagrams illustrating method aspects associatedwith the system and mobile wireless communications device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an alternative embodiment of thesystem of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating method aspects associated with thesystem and mobile wireless communications device of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram illustrating additional componentsthat may be included in the exemplary mobile wireless communicationsdevices of FIGS. 1 and 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present description is made with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. However, manydifferent embodiments may be used, and thus the description should notbe construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather,these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thoroughand complete. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout, and primenotation is used to indicate similar elements in alternativeembodiments.

Generally speaking, a mobile wireless communications device is providedherein which may include a portable housing, at least one wirelesstransceiver carried by the portable housing, and a controller carried bythe portable housing and coupled to the at least one wirelesstransceiver. The controller may be configured to operate a plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications for processing different electronicfile types and generating download electronic file transfer requests andupload electronic file transfer requests, download requested electronicfiles for the plurality of different device applications via the atleast one wireless transceiver using a common file transfer applicationresponsive to the download electronic file transfer requests, and uploadrequested electronic files for the plurality of different deviceapplications via the at least one wireless transceiver using the commonfile transfer application responsive to the upload electronic filetransfer requests. As such, the common file transfer application maytherefore provide a file transfer manager to check the status andhistory of both downloads and uploads for numerous other applications,as well as providing a standardized approach for different applicationsto access respective download and upload files.

More particularly, the controller may be further configured to receiveat least one file transfer filter via the at least one wirelesstransceiver from at least one wireless communications network, andprohibit at least one of upload and download of requested electronicfiles based upon the at least one file transfer filter. The controllermay be further configured to group downloaded electronic files intodifferent file folders.

In addition, the at least one wireless transceiver may comprise aplurality thereof configured to communicate using respective differentwireless communication formats over different wireless communicationsnetworks having different communication bandwidths associated therewith.As such, the controller may be configured to select a desired wirelesscommunication format for at least one of upload and download ofrequested electronic files based upon availability of the differentwireless communications networks. The mobile wireless communicationsdevice may further include a display carried by the portable housing andcoupled to the controller.

A related method is for using a mobile wireless communications device,such as the one described briefly above. The method may includeoperating a plurality of different device applications for processingdifferent electronic file types and generating download electronic filetransfer requests and upload electronic file transfer requests,downloading requested electronic files for the plurality of differentdevice applications via the at least one wireless transceiver using acommon file transfer application responsive to the download electronicfile transfer requests, and uploading requested electronic files for theplurality of different device applications via the at least one wirelesstransceiver using the common file transfer application responsive to theupload electronic file transfer requests.

Another related method for using a mobile wireless communications devicemay include receiving at least one file transfer filter via the at leastone wireless transceiver from at least one wireless communicationsnetwork, and operating a plurality of different device applications forprocessing different electronic file types and generating downloadelectronic file transfer requests. The method may further includeselectively downloading requested electronic files for the plurality ofdifferent device applications via the at least one wireless transceiverusing a common file transfer application responsive to the downloadelectronic file transfer requests and based upon the at least one filetransfer filter.

A related communications system may include at least one server forstoring electronic files, and at least one mobile wirelesscommunications device comprising a portable housing, at least onewireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a controllercarried by the portable housing and coupled to the at least one wirelesstransceiver. The controller may be configured to operate a plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications for processing different electronicfile types and generating download electronic file transfer requests andupload electronic file transfer requests. The controller may also beconfigured to download requested electronic files for the plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications from the at least one server viathe at least one wireless transceiver using a common file transferapplication responsive to the download electronic file transferrequests, and upload requested electronic files for the plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications to the at least one server via theat least one wireless transceiver using the common file transferapplication responsive to the upload electronic file transfer requests.

Another related communications system may include at least one serverfor storing electronic files, and at least one mobile wirelesscommunications device comprising a portable housing, at least onewireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a controllercarried by the portable housing and coupled to the at least one wirelesstransceiver. The controller may be configured to receive at least onefile transfer filter via the at least one wireless transceiver from atleast one wireless communications network, and operate a plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications for processing different electronicfile types and generating download electronic file transfer requests.The controller may be further configured to selectively downloadrequested electronic files for the plurality of different mobile deviceapplications from the at least one server via the at least one wirelesstransceiver using a common file transfer application responsive to thedownload electronic file transfer requests and based upon the at leastone file transfer filter.

A related non-transitory computer-readable medium may havecomputer-executable instructions for causing a mobile wirelesscommunications device comprising a portable housing and at least onewireless transceiver carried by the portable housing to perform stepscomprising operating a plurality of different mobile device applicationsfor processing different electronic file types and generating downloadelectronic file transfer requests and upload electronic file transferrequests, and downloading requested electronic files for the pluralityof different mobile device applications via the at least one wirelesstransceiver using a common file transfer application responsive to thedownload electronic file transfer requests. The steps may furtherinclude uploading requested electronic files for the plurality ofdifferent mobile device applications via the at least one wirelesstransceiver using the common file transfer application responsive to theupload electronic file transfer requests.

Still another non-transitory computer-readable medium may havecomputer-executable instructions for causing a mobile wirelesscommunications device comprising a portable housing and at least onewireless transceiver carried by the portable housing to perform stepscomprising receiving at least one file transfer filter via the at leastone wireless transceiver from at least one wireless communicationsnetwork, and operating a plurality of different mobile deviceapplications for processing different electronic file types andgenerating download electronic file transfer requests. The steps mayfurther include selectively downloading requested electronic files forthe plurality of different mobile device applications via the at leastone wireless transceiver using a common file transfer applicationresponsive to the download electronic file transfer requests and basedupon the at least one file transfer filter.

Referring initially to FIGS. 1 through 3, a communications system 28illustratively includes mobile wireless communications device 30 (alsoreferred to as a “mobile device” herein). The mobile device 30illustratively includes a portable housing 31, one or more wirelesstransceivers 32 (e.g., cellular, wireless local area network (WLAN),WiMAX, etc.) carried by the portable housing, and a controller 33carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver.The controller 33 may be configured to operate a plurality of differentmobile device applications for processing different electronic filetypes, and generating download electronic file transfer requests andupload electronic file transfer requests. At the time of the downloadrequest, a suggested/mapped destination for the inbound file may beprovided based upon default settings with respect to the file types(e.g., a JPG file may default to a pictures folder), along with anoption to change the default file save location if desired. Thecontroller 33 may also restrict or lock the ability to change the filestorage location in some embodiments, if desired (e.g., certain filesmay need to be located in certain folders for different applications tooperate properly, etc.).

The controller 33 may be implemented using a combination of hardware andsoftware components, such as a microprocessor, computer-readableinstructions on a non-transitory computer readable medium (e.g.,memory), etc. Example mobile devices may include portable or personalmedia players (e.g., MP3 players, video players, etc.), portable gamingdevices, portable or mobile telephones, smartphones, etc.

Beginning at Blocks 50, 50′, the controller 33 operates different mobiledevice applications, at Blocks 51, 51′. In the present example, anelectronic mail (email) application (represented by an email icon 34 ona display 35 of the mobile device 30), a picture (image) application (asrepresented by a camera icon 36), and a video application (asrepresented by a video camera icon 37) are provided. However, numerousother types of mobile device applications may also be operated or run bythe controller 33. The exemplary applications may generate download orupload electronic file requests to download or upload various types ofelectronic files via the wireless transceiver 32 over a wirelesscommunications network (e.g., cellular, WiFi, WiMAX, etc.) from or to aserver 39, which is illustratively represented by a broadcast tower 38in FIG. 1. For example, the image and video application may download orupload image files and video files from or to various Internet sites.The email application may download or upload electronic files from anemail server, such as electronic document files (e.g., word processing,spreadsheet, PDF, etc.), as well as media files such as images, audio,or videos. Moreover, the controller 33 may also operate an applicationmanager program, which allows other mobile device applications to bedownloaded for operation on the mobile device 30.

Typically these various electronic files are grouped and stored indifferent folders or directories in device memory (see Block 56′, FIG.3). Thus, with numerous download and upload file operations, it maybecome difficult to determine the status or history of these operationsacross numerous file storage folders, or to otherwise locate where fileshave been saved. The controller 33 may advantageously download requestedelectronic files for the different mobile device applications via thewireless transceiver 32 using a common file transfer applicationresponsive to the download electronic file transfer requests, at Blocks52, 52′. That is, the common file transfer application serves as acentral or single file transfer manager. This allows different mobileapplication developers to use a uniform set of procedures or routines tocall for downloading (or uploading), without having to develop arespective file transfer application for each mobile application.Moreover, this provides users with a centralized place to check thestatus and history of file transfers. Thus, for example, users maymonitor file download progress so that a failed download attempt may bere-started, or open a downloaded file without having to navigate thougha long list of file folders to determine or access the desired filelocation.

Similarly, in some embodiments the controller 33 may also uploadrequested electronic files for the plurality of different deviceapplications via the wireless transceiver 32 using the common filetransfer application responsive to the upload electronic file transferrequests, at Blocks 53, 53′, which concludes the method illustrated inBlocks 54, 54′ (although in an actual implementation the foregoing stepsmay be repeated). For file uploads, user authentication to a server,etc., is sometimes required. In such instances, the common file transferapplication may perform the authentication operations based upon storedor user-provided security credentials (e.g., username, password, etc.).In other instances, such authentication operations may be handled by thegiven mobile device application requesting the file upload, and thecommon file transfer application may cooperate with this application toperform the requested upload upon completion of authentication.

Referring additionally to FIG. 3, where a plurality of wirelesstransceivers are incorporated in the mobile device 32 that areconfigured to communicate using respective different wirelesscommunication formats over different wireless communications networks(e.g., cellular, WiFi, WiMAX, etc.), it will be understood thatdifferent wireless mediums typically have different communicationbandwidths associated therewith. For example, WiFi (e.g., 802.11x)generally has a much higher bandwidth than cellular communications. Assuch, the controller 33 may be configured to select a desired wirelesscommunication format for upload or download of requested electronicfiles based upon availability of the different wireless communicationsnetworks, at Block 55′. That is, the controller 33 may select a “bestavailable” format for upload or download, not only to expedite filetransfer but also to potentially avoid wireless charges for excessivedata transfer.

Stated alternatively, the common file transfer application may leveragethe appropriate wireless medium (i.e., transport) based uponavailability (e.g., USB, WiFi, cellular, etc.). In those cases where agiven file type, etc. is prohibited from being transferred over a givenmedium (e.g., cellular), as will be discussed further below, the requestmay be parked in a queue. When an appropriate alternative transportmedium (e.g., wired or WiFi connection) becomes available, the commonfile transfer application may then advantageously queue the request andinitiate the upload or download automatically.

Referring additionally to FIGS. 4 and 5, in accordance with anotherexemplary embodiment the controller 33′ may be configured to receive oneor more file transfer filters via the wireless transceiver 32′ from awireless communications network, at Blocks 60-61. For example, in thecase of a cellular network, the carrier may restrict the transmission ofcertain file types or sizes based upon file transfer filters. Thus, asthe various mobile applications generate electronic download (or upload)file transfer requests, at Block 62, the controller 33′ may selectivelydownload (or upload) requested electronic files responsive to therequests, but based upon the file transfer filters, at Block 63, thusconcluding the method illustrated in FIG. 5. That is, the controller 33′may use the filters provided by the carrier, or other filters which maybe set by the user or application developer, for example, to prohibitupload or download of requested electronic files if these files do notcomply with the filter rules (e.g., they are of a prohibited file type,they exceed a size threshold, etc.).

In accordance with one exemplary implementation, a baseline of transportfilters (e.g., rules or restrictions) may be carrier-configurable, withsome additional controls optionally given to mobile device applications.The additional controls may be more restrictive than the baselinecarrier settings, although it may be desirable that the controls are notless restrictive or able to circumvent the intent of the carrier filter.

Exemplary components that may be used in various embodiments of theabove-described mobile wireless communications device are now describedwith reference to an exemplary mobile wireless communications device1000 shown in FIG. 6. The device 1000 illustratively includes a housing1200, a keypad or keyboard 1400 and an output device 1600. The outputdevice shown is a display 1600, which may comprise a full graphic LCD.In some embodiments, display 1600 may comprise a touch-sensitive inputand output device. Other types of output devices may alternatively beutilized. A processing device or microprocessor 1800 is contained withinthe housing 1200 and is coupled between the keypad 1400 and the display1600. The processing device 1800 controls the operation of the display1600, as well as the overall operation of the mobile device 1000, inresponse to actuation of keys on the keypad 1400 by the user. In someembodiments, keypad 1400 may comprise a physical keypad or a virtualkeypad (e.g., using a touch-sensitive interface) or both.

The housing 1200 may be elongated vertically, or may take on other sizesand shapes (including clamshell housing structures, for example). Thekeypad 1400 may include a mode selection key, or other hardware orsoftware for switching between text entry and telephony entry.

In addition to the processing device 1800, other parts of the mobiledevice 1000 are shown schematically in FIG. 6. These include acommunications subsystem 1001; a short-range communications subsystem1020; the keypad 1400 and the display 1600, along with otherinput/output devices 1060, 1080, 1100 and 1120; as well as memorydevices 1160, 1180 and various other device subsystems 1201. The mobiledevice 1000 may comprise a two-way RF communications device having voiceand data communications capabilities. In addition, the mobile device1000 may have the capability to communicate with other computer systemsvia the Internet.

Operating system software executed by the processing device 1800 may bestored in a persistent store, such as the flash memory 1160, but may bestored in other types of memory devices, such as a read only memory(ROM) or similar storage element. In addition, system software, specificdevice applications, or parts thereof, may be temporarily loaded into avolatile store, such as the random access memory (RAM) 1180.Communications signals received by the mobile device may also be storedin the RAM 1180.

The processing device 1800, in addition to its operating systemfunctions, enables execution of software applications or modules1300A-1300N on the device 1000, such as software modules for performingvarious steps or operations. A predetermined set of applications thatcontrol basic device operations, such as voice and data communications1300A and 1300B, may be installed on the device 1000 during manufacture.In addition, a personal information manager (PIM) application may beinstalled during manufacture. The PIM may be capable of organizing andmanaging data items, such as e-mail, calendar events, voice mails,appointments, and task items. The PIM application may also be capable ofsending and receiving data items via a wireless network 1401. The PIMdata items may be seamlessly integrated, synchronized and updated viathe wireless network 1401 with the device user's corresponding dataitems stored or associated with a host computer system.

Communication functions, including data and voice communications, areperformed through the communications subsystem 1001, and possiblythrough the short-range communications subsystem. The communicationssubsystem 1001 includes a receiver 1500, a transmitter 1520, and one ormore antennas 1540 and 1560. In addition, the communications subsystem1001 also includes a processing module, such as a digital signalprocessor (DSP) 1580, and local oscillators (LOs) 1601. The specificdesign and implementation of the communications subsystem 1001 isdependent upon the communications network in which the mobile device1000 is intended to operate. For example, a mobile device 1000 mayinclude a communications subsystem 1001 designed to operate with theMobitex™, Data TAC™ or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) mobile datacommunications networks, and also designed to operate with any of avariety of voice communications networks, such as AMPS, TDMA, CDMA,WCDMA, PCS, GSM, EDGE, etc. Other types of data and voice networks, bothseparate and integrated, may also be utilized with the mobile device1000. The mobile device 1000 may also be compliant with othercommunications standards such as GSM, 3G, UMTS, 4G, etc.

Network access requirements vary depending upon the type ofcommunications system. For example, in the Mobitex and DataTAC networks,mobile devices are registered on the network using a unique personalidentification number or PIN associated with each device. In GPRSnetworks, however, network access is associated with a subscriber oruser of a device. A GPRS device therefore utilizes a subscriber identitymodule, commonly referred to as a SIM card, in order to operate on aGPRS network.

When required network registration or activation procedures have beencompleted, the mobile device 1000 may send and receive communicationssignals over the communication network 1401. Signals received from thecommunications network 1401 by the antenna 1540 are routed to thereceiver 1500, which provides for signal amplification, frequency downconversion, filtering, channel selection, etc., and may also provideanalog to digital conversion. Analog-to-digital conversion of thereceived signal allows the DSP 1580 to perform more complexcommunications functions, such as demodulation and decoding. In asimilar manner, signals to be transmitted to the network 1401 areprocessed (e.g. modulated and encoded) by the DSP 1580 and are thenprovided to the transmitter 1520 for digital to analog conversion,frequency up conversion, filtering, amplification and transmission tothe communication network 1401 (or networks) via the antenna 1560.

In addition to processing communications signals, the DSP 1580 providesfor control of the receiver 1500 and the transmitter 1520. For example,gains applied to communications signals in the receiver 1500 andtransmitter 1520 may be adaptively controlled through automatic gaincontrol algorithms implemented in the DSP 1580.

In a data communications mode, a received signal, such as a text messageor web page download, is processed by the communications subsystem 1001and is input to the processing device 1800. The received signal is thenfurther processed by the processing device 1800 for an output to thedisplay 1600, or alternatively to some other auxiliary I/O device 1060.A device user may also compose data items, such as e-mail messages,using the keypad 1400 and/or some other auxiliary I/O device 1060, suchas a touchpad, a rocker switch, a thumb-wheel, or some other type ofinput device. The composed data items may then be transmitted over thecommunications network 1401 via the communications subsystem 1001.

In a voice communications mode, overall operation of the device issubstantially similar to the data communications mode, except thatreceived signals are output to the speaker 1100, and signals fortransmission are generated by the microphone 1120. Alternative voice oraudio I/O subsystems, such as a voice message recording subsystem, mayalso be implemented on the device 1000. In addition, the display 1600may also be utilized in voice communications mode, for example todisplay the identity of a calling party, the duration of a voice call,or other voice call related information.

The short-range communications subsystem enables communication betweenthe mobile device 1000 and other proximate systems or devices, whichneed not necessarily be similar devices. For example, the short-rangecommunications subsystem may include an infrared device and associatedcircuits and components, or a Bluetooth™ communications module toprovide for communication with similarly-enabled systems and devices.

As noted above, the systems, devices, and methods described herein mayadvantageously download requested electronic files for the differentmobile device applications via the wireless transceiver 32 using acommon file transfer application responsive to the download electronicfile transfer requests. That is, the common file transfer applicationserves as a central or single file transfer manager. This allowsdifferent mobile application developers to use a uniform set ofprocedures or routines to call for downloading (or uploading), withouthaving to develop a respective file transfer application for each mobileapplication. Moreover, this provides users with a centralized place tocheck the status and history of file transfers. Thus, for example, usersmay monitor file download progress so that a failed download attempt maybe re-started, or open a downloaded file without having to navigatethough a long list of file folders to determine or access the desiredfile location.

Many modifications and other embodiments will come to the mind of oneskilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings presented in theforegoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it isunderstood that the disclosure is not to be limited to the specificembodiments disclosed, and that modifications and embodiments areintended to be included.

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 13. A mobile wireless communications device comprising:at least one wireless transceiver; and a controller coupled to the atleast one wireless transceiver, the controller configured to operate aplurality of mobile device applications for processing electronic filesand generating download electronic file transfer requests and uploadelectronic file transfer requests, and operate a file transferapplication on the mobile wireless communications device, downloadrequested electronic files for the plurality of mobile deviceapplications via the at least one wireless transceiver using the filetransfer application responsive to the download electronic file transferrequests, and upload requested electronic files for the plurality ofmobile device applications via the at least one wireless transceiverusing the file transfer application responsive to the upload electronicfile transfer requests.
 14. The mobile wireless communications device ofclaim 13 wherein the controller is further configured to receive atleast one file transfer filter via the at least one wireless transceiverfrom at least one wireless communications network, and prohibit at leastone of upload or download of requested electronic files based upon theat least one file transfer filter.
 15. The mobile wirelesscommunications device of claim 13 wherein the controller is furtherconfigured to group downloaded electronic files into different filefolders.
 16. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 13wherein the at least one wireless transceiver comprises a pluralitythereof configured to communicate using respective different wirelesscommunication formats over different wireless communications networkshaving different communication bandwidths associated therewith; andwherein the controller is configured to select a desired wirelesscommunication format for at least one of upload and download ofrequested electronic files based upon availability of the differentwireless communications networks.
 17. The mobile wireless communicationsdevice of claim 13 further comprising a display coupled to thecontroller.
 18. A method for using a mobile wireless communicationsdevice comprising: operating a plurality of mobile device applicationsfor processing different electronic files and generating downloadelectronic file transfer requests and upload electronic file transferrequests, and operating a file transfer application on the mobilewireless communications device; downloading requested electronic filesfor the plurality of mobile device applications via at least onewireless transceiver using the file transfer application responsive tothe download electronic file transfer requests; and uploading requestedelectronic files for the plurality of different mobile deviceapplications via the at least one wireless transceiver using the filetransfer application responsive to the upload electronic file transferrequests.
 19. The method of claim 18 further comprising receiving atleast one file transfer filter via the at least one wireless transceiverfrom at least one wireless communications network, and prohibiting atleast one of upload and download of requested electronic files basedupon the at least one file transfer filter.
 20. The method of claim 18further comprising grouping downloaded electronic files into differentfile folders.
 21. The method of claim 18 wherein the at least onewireless transceiver comprises a plurality thereof configured tocommunicate using respective different wireless communication formatsover different wireless communications networks having differentcommunication bandwidths associated therewith; and further comprisingselecting a desired wireless communication format for at least one ofupload and download of requested electronic files based uponavailability of the different wireless communications networks.
 22. Themethod of claim 18 wherein operating, downloading, and uploadingcomprises using a controller and a memory coupled thereto to perform theoperating, downloading, and uploading.
 23. A communications systemcomprising: at least one server for storing electronic files; and atleast one mobile wireless communications device comprising at least onewireless transceiver, and a controller coupled to the at least onewireless transceiver, the controller configured to operate a pluralityof mobile device applications for processing electronic files andgenerating download electronic file transfer requests and uploadelectronic file transfer requests, and operate a file transferapplication on the mobile wireless communications device, downloadrequested electronic files for the plurality of mobile deviceapplications from the at least one server via the at least one wirelesstransceiver using the file transfer application responsive to thedownload electronic file transfer requests, and upload requestedelectronic files for the plurality of mobile device applications to theat least one server via the at least one wireless transceiver using thefile transfer application responsive to the upload electronic filetransfer requests.
 24. The communications system of claim 23 wherein thecontroller is further configured to receive at least one file transferfilter via the at least one wireless transceiver from at least onewireless communications network, and prohibit at least one of upload ordownload of requested electronic files based upon the at least one filetransfer filter.
 25. The communications system of claim 23 wherein thecontroller is further configured to group downloaded electronic filesinto different file folders.
 26. The communications system of claim 23wherein the at least one wireless transceiver comprises a pluralitythereof configured to communicate using respective different wirelesscommunication formats over different wireless communications networkshaving different communication bandwidths associated therewith; andwherein the controller is configured to select a desired wirelesscommunication format for at least one of upload and download ofrequested electronic files based upon availability of the differentwireless communications networks.